Jonathan Wells @ Melbourne .NET User Group

I was lucky enough to attend the joint Melbourne .NET User Group/AusDEV.NET meeting last night where Jonathan Wells presented on smart client technology with a focus on the Compact Framework. Jonathan is a (the?) Product Manager for Smart Client technology.

It was a great turn out with over 65 people attending – I’m so happy to see the group that I co-founded with my partner in crime flourishing. John and I can no longer attend the meetings since I now live in Canberra and John has moved back to Canada.

Longhorn – Why it will be a hit . . .

This post by Ryan Dawson sums up many of the reasons why I think Longhorn will be a hit with end users when it eventually ships. My only hope is that Microsoft won’t forget about WinFS when they get around to building the server platform and add it to the client once the sync scenario becomes possible.